Effects of essential oils from Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf., Lippia sidoides Cham., and Ocimum gratissimum L. on growth and ultrastructure of Leishmania chagasi promastigotes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1053-1059

  Oliveira, Valéria C S ^a   Moura, Daniela M S ^b   Lopes, José A D ^a   De Andrade, Paulo P ^c   Da Silva, Nicácio H ^c   Figueiredo, Regina C B Q ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FAT DROPLET; LIPPIA SIDOIDES EXTRACT; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASIL; CELL SHAPE; CELL SWELLING; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPLASM; DISTILLATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LIPID STORAGE; LIPPIA SIDOIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARASITE VIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER VAPOR;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYMBOPOGON; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPLASM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIPPIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OCIMUM; OILS, VOLATILE;

CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LIPPIA SIDOIDES; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM;

EID: 62949219687     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1288-6     Document Type: Article

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